History/geography kinda Flashcards
What office expanded it’s landholdings in the donation of Pepin
Pope
What island was invaded in the last land battle of the Russo-Japanese war
Sakhalin Island
Who was the only British Prime Minister to serve 4 terms
William Gladstone
Most recent British PM to die in office
Lord Palmerston
During who’s presidency did the Homestead strike occur
Benjamin Harrison
Who Founded the salvation army
William Booth
What modern day country is home to the Huaca del Sol
Peru
What country contains the Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
Who did Lyndon B Johnson defeat in the election of 1964
Barry Goldwater
What president’s domestic policy agenda was called the New Frontier
JFK
What country was home to the primary base for Curtiss P-40s painted with shark face designs
China
Who defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Constantine the first
What activity was regulated by the 1976 Magunson-Stevens act
Fishing
What explorer sighted Mount St Elias and named the Shumagin islands
Bering
What author began one work by listing “Debts and Lessons,” such as his tutor’s advice to “choose the Greek lifestyle
Marcus Aurelius
At what event did the allied powers plan for the end of WW2
Yalta conference
What book begins by noting that the author learned nobility of character and evenness of temper from his grandfather Verus
Meditations
Who wrote Meditations
Marcus Auerelius
What school of philosophy was founded by Zeno of Citium
Stoicism
What group of people were known as Charles Crocker’s pets, referring to their employer
Chinese rail workers
What was the final chinese dynasty
Ching
What general starred in Hollywood films in exchange for war funds
Pancho Villa
What nomadic tribe fought the Battle of Chalon against the Visigoths
Huns
What pope met with Atilla in 452 and pleaded with him to not attack Rome
Leo I
What building’s design is based on eight interlocking isoceles
One World Trade Center
What country has the lowest population density in the world
Mongolia
What structure contains the Tunnel 57, and contains a death strip that consisted of raked sand and barbed wire
Berlin Wall
What ruler’s suicide led to the year of the four emperors in AD 69
Nero
What mediterranean island is seperated by a green line
Cyprus
What is the capital of Cyprus
Nicosia
What conflict began with Pelagius winning the battle of Covadonga
Reconquista
What city is the historical capital of Normandy
Rouen
What justice was succeeded by John Roberts
Rehnquist
What is the capital of the Philipines
Manila
What strait separates Sri Lanka and India
Palk Strait
What man was the youngest ever republican presidential candidate
Dewey
In what war did Sir Colin Campbells Highland Regiment form the Thin Red Line
Crimean war
What style of architecture used rib vaults and pointed arches
Gothic
What city were french kings traditionally crowned in
Reims
What man founded Ireland’s Fianna Fall party
Eamon De Valera
What regime sentenced the dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe to death
Weimar Republic
In what country did Napoleon III install Maximillian the first as the ruler
Mexico
What city was home to the three glorious days in 1830
Paris
What man committed suicide in 121 BC to avoid the pro senate mob
Gaius Graccus
Who taught Titian and painted The Tempest
Giorgione
What country’s war of independence was ended by the Evian Accords
Algeria
Who said Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
Noam Chomsky
In what war was Patrice de MacMahon freed from prison to suppress a radical commune in “The bloody week”
Franco-Prussian war
What state is home to Little Bighorn
Montana
What officer defeated Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden
Cornwallis
What man was British PM during the revolutionary war
Lord North
What was the only state to not send a delegate to the constitutional convention
Rhode Island
What country contains the Corcovado mountains
Brazil
Who was fired in violation of the Tenure of Office Act
Edwin Stanton
Who fired Edwin Stanton
Andrew Johnson
What empire was founded by Sundiata Keita
Mali
What country’s Osirak nuclear reactor was targeted by a 1981 Israeli attack
Iraq
What president defended the Amistad slaves in front of the supreme court
John Quincy Adams
What priest was killed on orders of Henry II
Thomas Becket
What country’s dictator instituted a White Terror
Taiwan
What emperor funded the immigration of southerners after the civil war
Dom Pedro II
What prime minister approved the pact of steel with a northern neighbor
Benito Mussolini
What rebellion happened when Charles II illegitimate son tried to depose his uncle James II
Monmouth rebellion
What convention was held to criticize James Madison’s wartime administation
Hartford convention
What mauryan emperor converted to Buddhism
Ashoka the great
What french ruler became king when his father Henry the 4th was assassinated
Louis the thirteenth
What war was ended by the Peace of Westphalia
30 years war
Who was Henry the 8ths last wife
Catherine Parr
What person was represented by lawyer Clifford Durr
Rosa Parks
What French king was captured at the Battle of Pavia
Francis I
What amendment provides the basis for birthright citizenship
14th amendment
What are Russian administrative districts called
Krai
What people were killed in the Anfall genocide
Kurds
What island was once called Van Diemen’s land
Tasmania
In what war did a ransomed king return to captivity after his teenage son escaped from being a hostage
Hundred years war
What group of soldiers served as administrators and spies for Roman Emperors
Praetorian
What leader of the Praetorian guard held effective power in Rome until he was executed in AD 31
Sejanus
What structures were attacked by weapons such as the sotrell
Trenches
What party overthrew the government in the Ramadan Revolution
Bath party
What kingdoms northern part was occupied by Bardylis shortly before the creation of a larnax
Macedonia
What general was removed after the Battle of the Crater
Ambrose Burnside
Who was the last English king to die in a battle
Richard III
What country has a belt and road initiative
China
In what battle were Bruno Gaido and Frank O Flaherty thrown overboard
Midway
What man was minister-president of Russias government after the revolution of 1917
Alexander Kerensky
What mountain range is in the Maghreb region
Atlas
What tsar did the US purchase alaska from
Alexander II
What mans stepson saved his life by stanching blood from one of his wounds
Horatio Nelson
What treaty ended the Spanish American war
Treaty of Paris
What country contains the largest population of Japanese ancestry outside of Japan
Brazil
What African country became independent from Ethiopia when troops entered Asmara
Eritrea
What asian country is directly northwest of Thailand
Myanmar
Where do many historians believe the Spanish flu to have began
Kansas
What English king was nicknamed Longshanks
Edward I
What war was opposed by a group led by Simon de Montfort
Second Barons War
What amendment repealed prohibition
21st
Holders of what title managed tent governments
Shogun
What civilizations cities were ruled by nobles called ajaw
Mayan
What man told congress that soldiers never die, they just fade away
Douglas Macarthur
What office’s powers were increased after a May 1958 crisis
President of France
